by Adolf Frey (1855 - 1920)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Meine Lieder
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE ITA
Wenn mein Herz beginnt zu klingen
Und den Tönen löst die Schwingen,
Schweben vor mir her und wieder
Bleiche Wonnen, unvergessen
Und die Schatten von Zypressen -
Dunkel klingen meine Lieder!

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Les meves cançons", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Mijn liederen", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "My songs", copyright ©
  • ENG English (Joachim Reinhuber) , "My songs", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mes chants", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "I miei canti", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 30

My songs
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
 When my heart begins to make music
 and the vibrating loosens wondrous tones,
 there hover before me, here and there,
 pale ecstasies, unforgotten,
 and the shadows of the cypresses;
 dark is the sound of my songs!

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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    from the LiederNet Archive

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 37